“Applied on Pasture for grazing, hay and silage production. Noted good pasture growth, changes in capeweed growth habits, being more upright and less choking. Less incidence of insect damage due to higher brix levels.

Healthier colour in pasture with good rebound on rotational grazing. Soil appears softer and coming back to life.

Traditionally SSP and seasonal booster blends (on ever increasing rates), seen no loss in yield nor production, with increased density of plants and increasingly more clover and desired species with weeds going in opposite direction.

Loving not having to "nuke" everything in site as the system is improving, working and gaining with each application building up to where we need to be for the healthier sustainable soil we are looking to achieve.

Would totally recommend Microstart, I have done trials and happy with the results, especially the move away from chemicals and traditional fertilisers.

I have made recommendations to farmers, to do a trial themselves, talk to Darren and see what they think. Very excited to where the future takes us if we have such good results only two years in.

Really appreciate Darren's knowledge and time to explain and answer any questions that arise. A wealth of knowledge would be an understatement. Easy to talk to, and very thorough with the whole package, from product to paddock. Thankyou.

Photo below was hay crop last year at Glencoe. Nothing but Microstart. Got a bit out of control due to wet conditions and was cut about a month later than anticipated.”

T Bignell
Glencoe, SA

“We applied to our pastures as a foliar fertiliser. We have only been using Microstart for 18 months but have already noticed the difference in the pasture colour it is now a lot darker green and it has suppressed a lot of the weeds eg. fleabane, thistle and purple top.

Because the pasture is thicker and the soil is improving in nutrients it has slowed the weeds from taking hold.

We have applied it once to all of our paddocks and we are in the process of giving everything a second hit.

Before we applied microstart we could not get the probe into the ground at all due to compaction, over grazing and spraying synthetic fertilisers. We can now get the probe in around 18 inches deep.

When we test the paddock with a shovel we now can see a difference between the top layer of soil and the colour below it and we have worms starting to reappear.

We would recommend Microstart to other farmers because it is making great changes to our soil and cattle production.

We also enjoy the fact that we use no synthetic chemicals or fertilisers anymore, this also keeps the cost of outputs down.

Darren is a wealth of information and is wonderful to deal with and learn from and would highly recommend speaking with him if you have any questions, he has helped us through the whole process of changing the way we graze our property.

We have been extremely happy with the service and advice we have been given through Kuchel family. They have been very helpful and quick to reply to any questions we have asked and now consider them as friends.”

D, L & H Doran
Bundarra, NSW

“For quite a few years we have been trying to use more natural fertiliser products and pest management strategies but something has always been missing. After a farm visit with Darren last spring we tested the soil biology and fungi populations were low.

We treated our 2 lucerne pivots with Liquid Microbe Ag Mix in the spring 2022 and again in autumn 2023. We were able to maintain the production on the lucerne throughout the summer at a much reduced cost to applying synthetic fertiliser at last year’s prices.

This winter we have noticed worm populations have really started to increase in this sandy soil which has had a history of chemical and fertiliser growing potatoes and onions.

The lucerne pivots was able to run the same stocking rate as the previous year and lambs never caught up to the grass when compared with the previous years with 15% less water applied.

This coupled with the increase in biological activity ( increased worm numbers) was enough to convince me to apply 400ha of micro start microbe mix with snail and grub mix applied to our dry land pasture this autumn. We have seen cockchafer numbers significantly reduced this season.

Yes, I would recommend Microstart. The early results I have seen are very promising and Darren is alway available on the phone to answer questions.”

K Berkin
Comaum, SA

“I applied Microstart's Liquid Microbe Agriculture Mix to my least productive wheat (scepter) paddock in May 2022 which has very sandy soil and experienced flooding and waterlogging throughout the season.

Come harvest time in the following January the Microstart-treated paddock matched my most productive paddock (that didn't experience flooding and waterlogging) in terms of tonnes to the hectare (which historically yielded 1 ton/HA less) and crop protein percentage (9.8% protein).”

I applied Microstart's Snail, Slug & Grub Mix in April 2022; finding a single snail in the treated area was difficult by early July.

When we harvested in the following January we couldn't find a single one, while untreated crops were still heavily impacted.”

Terry
Warrackneabeal, VIC

This property has been biologically treated for over 15 years and has seen no chemical inputs during this time (compare colour to conventionally farmed pasture in the background):